car parks

Friday, September 18

This might be the most stupid decision in the city council’s history

The Adelaide City Council’s decision last night to declare “driver’s month” is counter-productive, runs against all the evidence, and will damage the city’s reputation, argues David Washington.

Exclusive parking spots the ticket for cash-strapped council

Allowing private advertising on council-owned buildings and charging people for exclusive use of on-street parking bays are new revenue-generating ideas being flagged by the Adelaide City Council.

Labor's car parking policy is likely to increase - not decrease - traffic congestion.

Mandating car parks will only increase congestion - at best

Labor’s car parking policy is yet another example of Adelaide’s insistence on a completely counter-productive approach to managing traffic, argues David Washington.

Labor's car parking policy would drive up housing costs: industry

South Australia’s property and development industries have warned that a push by state Labor to impose minimum car parking requirements on new residential developments would increase costs to homebuyers.

Council backs reimbursing city carpark motorists, not public transport users

Adelaide City Council has voted down a proposal to reimburse public transport users who come to the city to shop and do business, instead deciding to limit a ticket validation scheme to motorists using council-owned carparks.